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Author Archives Mrs C Kingsman

Incubating eggs for our ‘Growing and Changing’ project

By Mrs C Kingsman15th April 2016

Welcome back to the summer term! The last, but by no means least important, term for learning.

In nursery (at Countess Way) we have begun our learning for our Growing and Changing project by investigating a variety of chicken eggs. The children helped me set the eggs into an incubator and have really enjoyed checking on the eggs through the week. We talked about how we make eggs in different ways e.g. by scrambling or frying them and also foods that they are in such as cakes and pancakes.

Our core book this week and next week is The Little Red Hen. The children in nursery have begun to think about the meaning of the story and why it is important to work together as a team.

Comparing differences in the eggs

                         Comparing differences in the eggs

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Learning about the main parts of the egg.

                                   Learning about the main parts of the egg.

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Feeling the warmth of the incubator

                            Feeling the warmth of the incubator

 

To help your child’s learning at home you could make something which contains egg with your child. Talk about how we all change as we grow. You could look at your child’s baby photos with them and talk about how they have changed. Would be great to share baby pics at school too!

Any questions please come and talk to a member of the team.

Mrs Kingsman

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Easter activities

By Mrs C Kingsman25th March 2016

During the last three days of school children in Foundation 1 enjoyed making their Easter cards, hearing about the Easter story and making shredded wheat nests to take home. (Pictures below)

In phonics we have been practising rhyming. At home you can help your child by reading rhyming stories and identifying the rhyming words or making up rhyming strings e.g. ‘Cat, sat, mat, hat’. You can extend this by then making up a rhyme ‘the cat sat on a mat, wearing his favourite hat’.

When we return for the summer term we will begin our project Growing and Changing with the story The Little Red Hen. Please take the time to read the letter, that was sent home with your child, about our project. Especially the suggested activities for home and the key vocabulary you can use when talking about the themes within our project.

As the weather improves please take the time to visit the local parks and encourage your children to climb and hang off park apparatus. This will help them develop their gross motor skills and lead to better fine motor skills, holding pencils brushes etc which will help them develop their writing skills.

Last, but not least, have an eggcellent Easter Break! See you back at school on Tuesday 12th April.

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Meeting ‘baby’ and Sports Relief activities

By Mrs C Kingsman18th March 2016

This week children in Foundation 1 continued their learning by exploring in our pet shop role play area. They also met Baby, Mrs Kingsman’s pet guniea pig, and enjoyed feeding her carrots, green peppers and apples from her snack box.

We finished the week by taking part in the school sports relief activities and managed to get 83 points! That was one point for each circuit of the playground they completed.

Thank you all for the donations made to sports relief. Please see the bulletin for the grand total.

Next week we will be reading Little Rabbit Foo Foo and we will also be doing some Easter activities before we finish for the Easter break on Wednesday.

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Meeting Baby

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Warming up for Sports Relief…

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Racing against the clock

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F1 learning about which animals make good pets

By Mrs C Kingsman13th March 2016

Last week in Foundation 1 we have been learning the story Dear Zoo. The children have enjoyed learning the story and the story song. On Wednesday we went to the hall to practice moving like the animals in the story and talking about why they wouldn’t make good pets.

A few children talked about their own pets and what they did to look after them. If you have pets at home please send a picture in to help your child share information about their pets.

We will be visited by Mrs KIngsman’s guniea pig this week and will explore some more facts about pets. We will also learn where animals are treated when they are ill.

You can help your child’s learning by taking the time to talk about pets at home and visit the local pet shops to explore the types of pets on sale.

 

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Ignite visit by Lees Reptiles to Foundation

By Mrs C Kingsman3rd March 2016

This week Foundation 1 had their project Ignite with Lees Reptiles. The children got to see, and touch, a variety of reptiles including three different types of snakes and a Bosc lizard. We also saw two skunks and the children described the differences between the reptiles and the mammals.

Lee’s Reptiles will be at Kingston Tescos this Saturday (5th March) to raise money for the Henry Allen Trust so if you want to see, and hold, some of these amazing animals yourselves get yourself down there between 10am and 4pm.

Next week, Foundation 1 at Countess Way will be moving on to a new story within our project. We will by learning Dear Zoo and will be thinking about why some animals are not suitable as pets and why some are.

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Thank you you for taking the time to read our news. 💻📱

 

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Book character day in Foundation

By Mrs C Kingsman29th February 2016

Today the children (and adults) came in dressed as book characters. They was a wonderful variety of characters from Rapunzel to Harry Potter.

We had circles to talk about which character we were and which story they are from.

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We look forward to reading our favourite stories on Friday when we come to school in our pyjamas for Bedtime Stories Day.

 

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Holiday talk homework for Foundation one.

By Mrs C Kingsman17th February 2016

Foundation 1 have achieved some excellent learning last half term through our Journeys project. From making clay pigs and wolves during The Three Little Pigs weeks to recreating the scenes from We’re Going on a Bear Hunt to role play the story.

Next half term we will move on to our project Ears, Tails and Whiskers. We start this project with the story Walking Through the Jungle by Julie Lacome.

At home you could talk to your children about which animals live in the jungle. What do they sound like? Can they describe the animals? Find out a little about what the animals eat…

Lastly, please bring in a picture, or a souvenir, of one activity your child did in the holidays to share with the group on the first day back (22nd Feb).

Enjoy the rest of the half term break!

Mrs Kingsman, Mrs Penton and Miss Redshaw

 

 

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Pancake making in Foundation 1

By Mrs C Kingsman9th February 2016

Today all the children in Foundation 1 learnt how to make pancakes. We talked about the ingredients and took turns stirring the mixture. Afterwards we ate (more…)

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Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

By Mrs C Kingsman31st January 2016

Foundation one finished their learning about the Three Little Pigs by learning a song to tell the story. We also watched a Disney version of the story called Silly Symphonies which you can access on YouTube. The children finished their clay pigs and some had a go making the wolf too. We learnt that there are lots of different types of pigs and they are not all pink!

Next week we continue our project Journeys with a new core book. We will be learning Michael Rosen’s We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. At home you could read the book or listen to the story on YouTube.

Please read everyday to your child, this will help their language development and literacy skills too.

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Drawing a little pig with chalk outside

 

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The Three Little Pigs learning this week

By Mrs C Kingsman23rd January 2016

This week in Foundation 1 we have been learning The Three Little Pigs story. Children have been practicing acting out the story with puppets. They have also been very creative by making straw, stick and brick houses (out of the large wooden bricks). Some children enjoyed building a farm from the small construction blocks and many children made pigs out of clay. We will continue this theme next week.

At home you can support your child’s knowledge and learning by exploring and talking about materials that were used to make your houses. You could also watch YouTube clips about pigs and other farm animals or visit the library to borrow books about farm animals. Have fun learning together! imageimageimageimage

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